Death anxiety among nurses and health care professionals: A review article

International Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 2-10

  Nia, Hamid Sharif ^a   Lehto, Rebecca H ^b   Ebadi, Abbas ^c   Peyrovi, Hamid ^d  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Behavioral Sciences Research Center (BSRC)   (Iran)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attitude to death; Delivery of health care; Fear; Nurses; Thanatology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995728056     PISSN: 23222476     EISSN: 23224835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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